Archives: January 2009

A number of book publishers regularly send me books, hoping that I will write a good review for them. Most of the time, I don’t have the time to read them, so they end up on my bookshelf collecting dust, or maybe I will give them away to friends.

The European PASS Conference will be held in Neuss Germany (near Düsseldorf) from April 22-24, 2009. It will include 36 technical sessions, with tracks for DBAs, Developers, and BI Experts. It will also include several full-day pre-conference sessions.

I will be speaking at the conference on the topic of “Database… Read more

Anyone attending TechEd 2009 can submit a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session proposal. These sessions are open discussion topics of mutual interest to other TechEd attendees, and can include almost any topic of interest to developers and IT professionals. If your BOF session is accepted, you will act as… Read more

After a lot of delays, my book on how to use SQL Server Profiler has been published by Simple-Talk Publishing, and it can be downloaded free here. A little later, this book will be available for purchase as a paperback book from Amazon.com.

If you live in the Colorado area, you might want to attend the upcoming, free Rocky Mountain Tech Tri-Fecta event, which will be held Saturday, February 21, 2009. Organized by local .NET, PASS, and Windows Server user groups, it will include over 60 sessions for developers, DBAs and Windows administrators. Read more

If you are thinking about attending DevTeach/SQLTeach in Vancouver this June 8-12, 2009, and you haven't registered yet, you need to now. If you use the rebate code listed below, you can register for 50% off the regular price. What's the catch? You just have to register by February 10,… Read more